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The ‘Bright’ Promise of Communism Contrasted with the ‘Darkness’ of the Great Depression in the Films The Grapes of Wrath and Bound for Glory

supported, they were confronted with harsh realities that caused them to seriously question their sociopolitical ideology. Two fi...

Media Messages, Gender Stereotypes & Baby Mama

to be Kates surrogate is Angie Ostrowiski, who is characterized as "white trash," a high school dropout who has a common law marri...

Hamlet: Righteous or Unrighteous

the past and what the traditions were at the time, which is not part of this paper because the only source being used is Shakespea...

Hamlet & Oedipus

consequence. Her grief is obviously great even though the event was decades ago. She tells Oedipus, "...my son/ he wasnt three day...

The Ghost of Hamlet's Father

he no longer has the means to interact with the living effectively, he returns to drive his son Hamlet to take revenge on his beha...

Hamlet: Thought, Feeling, Action

"When a potential suicide reflects on the prospects of facing an unknown fate after death, he is dissuaded from action" (Buttry). ...

Dogma, Reflection on a Film

Jesus" (Blake, 1999, p. 20). Glicks idea is that the crucifix is too depressing as a symbol. He says, "Christ didnt come to earth ...

The Right Stuff & Technology

conquer it. The focus of the film changes when it shifts to dramatizing the successful launch of the Soviet Unions Sputnik and i...

Cradle Will Rock

water from a fire hydrant. The street scene also emphasizes the desperation of the era. A man stands next to a car that is covered...

Passion of the Christ v. The Bible

"the Son of Your handmaid" (Longhenry, 2004). Additionally, John and Peter address Mary as "mother" numerous times during the film...

Film Review/Toy Story 3

as "jolly, slapstick comedy," but also criticizes it for lacking the "almost eerie humanity that infused" the earlier movies, writ...

Fat Head, Super Size Me

This research paper focuses on the films "Fat Head" and "Super Size Me" and discusses them in terms of the nutritional subjects br...

Film Portrayal of Schizophrenia

show the director she can be seductive. When he kisses her, she bites him. His anticipation for further sexual intimacy is never r...

Small Group Communication, The Hurt Locker

by Kathryn Bigelow, written by Mark Boal, 2009) offers a detailed study of the life of an Army bomb squad, Bravo Company, statione...

Chef, A Movie Review

This essay is a movie review of "Chef," a 2014 film directed by Jon Favreau. The film tells the tory of Cal Casper, a chef, who lo...

We'll Always Have Paris

The writer analyzes the 1942 classic film Casablanca, and argues that Rick Blaine, played by Humphrey Bogart, is the archetypal re...

Cultural Impacts of the 1967 Film Bonnie and Clyde

lessons of life the Great Depression had imposed upon my Father, but this was a new twist to a very tired story. The impact of the...

Casting in 7 Plays

In seven pages this paper analyzes casting within the context of the plays A Doll's House, Antigone, The Cherry Orchard, Three Tal...

Gertrude in Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Jocasta in Oedipus the King by Sophocles Compared

on a number of issues. Jocasta is presented in Oedipus the King as a middle-aged woman, a bit reserved, and uncomfortable in the ...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet and the Depiction of Women

This paper examines how Shakespeare's depiction of women in Hamlet was a reflection of their Elizabethan social roles in eight pag...

Banquet Scene in Macbeth by William Shakespeare

In six pages this essay analyzes the infamous 'banquet scene' in Act III, Scene iv of Hamlet in terms of what it reveals about Mac...

Analyzing the 1995 Film Seven by David Fincher

taking his time. He halts, turns to one wall where the current wallpaper is torn away to reveal flowery wallpaper underneath. So...

Analyzing Text and Film Interpretations of All the Pretty Horses

and the ancient road was shaped before him in the rose and canted light like a dream of the past where the painted ponies and the ...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Guilt of Queen Gertrude

In five pages this paper discusses how the play's text reveals the Danish queen to be guilty of adultery and murder conspiracy in ...

The Film White Mile and Analyzing Dan's Behavior

This 1994 film analyzes the character's behavior through a discussion of Needleman's perspective, the Aristotelian system, and Dil...

William Shakespeare's Protagonists Hamlet and Macbeth

the King. Macbeth, while in a different conflict, is a man who, for the simple sake of his ambition, is willing to murder his k...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Gender Relationships

In five pages this paper discusses the portrayal of men and women within the context of this work as it has been presented in the ...

'Untrue' Polonius in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In five pages this paper assesses Polonius's advice to his son Laertes 'This above all: to thine own self be true' with in the con...

Comparison of Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Oedipus the King by Sophocles

In eight pages the protagonists of each play are compared and contrasted in terms of desire for truth, changes, and the collision ...

Characterizations in Hamlet and As You Like It by William Shakespeare

In five pages the ways in which the modern world is reflected within the tragic and comic characterizations William Shakespeare cr...